Acta Entomologica Sinica (2008) 51, 55-60

Fang-Mei Ding and Yuan Huang (2008)
[Molecular evolution and phylogenetic analysis of some species of Oedipodidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) in China based on complete mitochondrial ND2 gene]
Acta Entomologica Sinica 51 (1), 55-60
Abstract: The aim of the present study was to reconstruct the phylogenetic relationships of Oedipodidae and to explore the differences of the results between the phylogenetic relationships and the tradition taxonomy. The ND2 gene complete sequences (1 023 bp) of 10 genera 16 species of Oedipodidae were amplified and sequenced. Nucleotides composition, transition and transversion of this gene were analyzed. By using Neighbor Joining (NJ), Maximum Parsimony (MP) , Most Likehood (ML) and MrBayes (BI) methods, we reconstructed the molecular phylogeny of Oedipodidae based on ND2 gene sequence. The results indicated that average A + T content of ND2 gene in Oedipodidae was 74.6%, showing a strong A + T bias; Bryodema and Bryodemella were not separated in this study, so we considered it was appropriate to merge them as one subfamily; the status of Oedipodidae and Locustinae was still problematic.
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(original language: Chinese)

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
molecular biology - genes
identification/taxonomy

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Locusta migratoria
	Oedaleus asiaticus		China (NW)
	Bryodema luctuosum		China (NW)
	Angaracris barabensis		China (NW)
	Oedaleus infernalis		China (NW)
	Gastrimargus marmoratus		China (NE)
	Trilophidia annulata		China (NE)
	Angaracris rhodopa		China (NW)